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Gabapentin takes away most of my neuropathy symptons. I don't know how it could be the Cause of symptoms since it is an anti-seizure medication. It relaxes the nervous system so that the nerves stop carrying false messages of pain. There aren't any pins sticking into my feet, so the feeling of pins sticking in my feet is a false message delivered by my dying/freaking out nervous system. I don't know why my nervous sytem doesn't send false messages of pleasure instead ... Peggy
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Well maybe we can retrain our brains to read “pain” as pleasure. Wouldn’t that be great? Have been reading about neuroplasticity and pain management. It’s all worth a try.
Read about some ways to calm anxiety and helpful sleep aids. One technique I’ve been using this week (and on the plane when I was sitting in the LAST row window next to a very large muscular guy who barely fit in his seat) is to count backwards by 3’s. I can’t believe how well it works. I even dosed on that flight!